The ways of interview activities include individual visits, on-the-spot investigations, attending meetings, holding investigation meetings, attending press conferences, reading written materials, etc. Interview activities include individual interviews, group interviews, cross interviews, sectional interviews, roving interviews and covert interviews (in some special occasions, the identity of journalists is not disclosed or the purpose of the interview is not stated).

Matters needing attention

News interview requires the interviewer to have news sensitivity, adaptability and interview skills, that is, to be able to find news keenly in the interweaving of objective things, to capture news quickly in fleeting opportunities and to dig news skillfully under various difficult conditions.